BIOPOLYMER Congress 2022
Partner region South America

With more than 700 registered participants from 42 countries, the congress organized by the non-profit association POLYKUM became one of the largest of its kind in the world in 2021. This year's partner region was South America, which is expected to be one of the fastest-growing markets for biodegradable plastics in the world.

 

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Program
14th of June, 2022
All lectures in English.

Welcome!
9.00–9.15 am

Greetings and some technical notes
Peter Putsch
Polykum e.V.
Merseburg (Germany)

Keynotes

9.15 – 9.45 am

Genetically engineered supercharged polypeptides: from sequence control to function
Prof. Dr. Andreas Herrmann
DWI Leibniz Institute for Interaktive Materials/ Institute of Technical und Makromolecular Chemistry
RWTH University Aachen (Germany)

9.45 – 10.15 am

Cradle to Cradle biopolymeres as an opportunity to solve the microplastic problem
Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart
EPEA - Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH, Hamburg/ Chair of Ecodesign, Leuphana University Lüneburg (Germany)

10.15–10.30 am

Coffee break

Bioeconomy and raw materials

Session 1
10.30–11.00 am

NesteRE options for compostable polymers
Dr. Martin Bussmann
Neste Germany GmbH
Düsseldorf (Germany)

11.00-11.30 am

Bioprocess plant design for the fermentative produktion of bioplastics
Dr. Frank Emde
Heinrich Frings GmbH & Co KG
Bonn (Germany)

11.30–12.00 pm

QIRA - the next generation of 1,4 Butanediol
Benjamin Rump
Helm AG
Hamburg (Germany)

12.00–12.30 pm

Lunch break

Materials and additives

Session 2

12.30–1.00 pm

POLYKUM DigiLab - Virtual material development for thermoplastic biopolymer compounds
Dr. Patrick Hirsch
Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS
Halle (Germany)
 

1.00–1.30 pm

New sorting and tracking options based on innovative marker technologies
Jochen Moesslein
Polysecure GmbH
Freiburg (Germany) 

1.30–2.00 pm

Markets: Latin America (I)

Colombia: Introduction to the economic situation and plastic industry
Janosch Siepen
GTAI - Germany Trade and Invest
Bogota (Colombia)

Economic relationship Mexico - Germany
Edwin Schuh
GTAI - Germany Trade and Invest
Mexico City (Mexico)

2.00–2.15 pm

Coffee break

Applications/ Recycling/ Environmental Accounting

Session 3
2.15–2.45 pm

Run PBS in a hot runner mold
Neil Dewar
Mold Masters
Georgetown (Canada)

2.45–3.15 pm

Biopolymers - Plastic of the future?
How environmentally friendly are bioplastics?
Thomas Kägi
Carbotech AG
Basel & Zürich (Switzerland)

3.15–3.45 pm

Markets: Latin America (II)
Compostables and regulation in LATAM, an overview from Mexico
Arturo Madero, COO & Cofounder
Esteban Guzman, Director Comercial Cardia Bioplastics LATAM | Vice President at Asociacion Mexicana de Bioplásticos, A.C.
Mexico City (Mexico)

3.45–4.00 pm

Coffee break

BIOPOLYMER Innovation Award

Session 4
4.00–4.10 pm

Review of the Main Prize winner 2021
Stefano Mele
Gruppo Fabbri Vignola, S.p.A.
Vignola (Italy)

4.10–4.30 pm

Project presentations of the three finalists 2022
(in alphabetical order)

4.30–4.45 pm

Prize Ceremony
BIOPOLYMER Innovation Award 2022

4.45–5 pm

Closing words and preview on the Biopolymer congress 2023
Peter Putsch
Chairman Polykum e.V.

In dialogue with lecturers

Speaker's Corner
Corner 1

Dr. Martin Bussmann
Neste Germany GmbH
Düsseldorf

Corner 2

Janosch Siepen, Director Colombia, Peru Ecuador
Edwin Schuh, Director Mexico, Cuba
Peggy Görlitz, Senior Manager GTAI Berlin
Gloria Rose, GTAI Sao Paulo
GTAI Germany Trade and Invest

BIOPOLYMER Innovation Award

Find out more about the winners of the BIOPOLYMER Innovation Awards 2022 here: 

WINNER 2022

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Brandisstraße 4
06217 Merseburg
Germany

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